Cities in shade : urban geography and the uses of noir
Cultural studies ; Gender ; Identity ; Mobility ; Public order ; Town ; United States of America ; Urban geography ; Urban landscape ; Urbanism ; Urbanity ; Years 1940-49 ; Years 1950-59
The concept of functional urban area. Findings of the ESPON project 1.1.1
Europe ; Regional policy ; Urban function ; Urban network
Functional Urban Areas (FUA's) rate as building stocks of polycentric regions as well as for development policies strengthening a polycentric urban structure. They are seen as arenas for supra-regional functions and as nodes for national
of urban regions in the regional, national or international socio-economic networks as well as of the preconditions for their future development in the globalizing world. - (IFL)
Germany ; Historic centre ; Poland ; Urban area ; Urban development ; Urban renewal
for identity and continuity of history and they are also an important locational factor in the economic and touristic competition between the cities. For the aspect of renewal the German urban development promotion programme Historic Building Preservation
in Urban Development is presented. Another article deals with creative action areas in revitalising urban development. Furthermore, examples of urban renewal in shrinking city (Wittenberge) and - in contrast to Germany - in Poland are presented. - (IFL)
Urban circulation and the everyday politics of African urban youth : the case of Douala, Cameroon
Africa ; Cameroon ; Daily life ; Douala ; Living conditions ; Mobility ; Social reproduction ; Social space ; Urban life ; Urban practice ; Urban society ; Urban transport ; Way of life ; Young people
Berlin ; Brussels ; Decision making process ; Deindustrialization ; Europe ; Helsinki ; Post-Fordism ; Segregation ; Sustainable development ; Urban development ; Urban planning ; Urban policy ; Urbanity
Bavaria ; Germany ; Mobility ; Munich ; Regional development ; Urban region ; Urban society
as integrative forces of urban society and as generators for urban society and urban culture. With special regards to Munich, whose society is characterised by varied interactive discourses and an individuel public urban culture, the question of the urban